My $40 coffee tasting gig made me quit fancy beans for gas station brew

Tbh I took this side job in Portland tasting espresso blends for a local roaster, thinking it would turn me into a snob. Instead, after 60 cups in 3 days, I realized I couldn't tell the difference between a $28 bag and the stuff from the 7-Eleven. What changed my mind was watching the roaster himself grab a styrofoam cup from the break room machine during our final round. He said, 'The best coffee is the one you drink without thinking about it.' Now I save $200 a month and my mornings are 10 minutes faster. Has anyone else had a weird job that killed the hype for the thing you loved?

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verar2122d ago

I read a thing once where a wine expert did a blind taste test and picked the cheap boxed stuff over the fancy bottles. Same idea, right? Once you stop trying to taste "notes of cherry and leather" and just drink the stuff, it all kinda evens out. That roaster sounds like he figured out the secret a long time ago. Paying $28 for a bag just so you can feel fancy for five minutes seems like a bad trade.

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